Can't compare Kai Po Che! with 3 Idiots: Chetan Bhagat

Kai Po Che! can't be compared with 3 Idiots, says Chetan Bhagat whose two different books the two films are based upon.

After the box office success of 3 Idiots, a big screen adaptation of Bhagat's Five Point Someone, now Kai Po Che!, based on the author's The 3 Mistakes of My Life, is ready to release February 22.

"Kai Po Che! is about to release and I just want people to like it as much as they liked 3 Idiots. I can't say about box office because I really don't know anything about the box office collections," Bhagat told IANS.

"The film has newcomers so I just hope it breaks a few records in the newcomer films. One can't compare this with 3 idiots because that had a very huge star cast," said the 38-year-old.

On the contrary, 3 Idiots was directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Released in December 2009, the comedy-drama, which takes a critical look at the education system in the country, broke all box office opening records by earning over Rs.315 crore ($70 million) globally within 19 days of its release.